Ray Clemence – An obituary

I was saddened to read that Ray Clemence passed away today at the age of 72. The former Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper won 61 caps for England during his playing career and later became a goalkeeping coach and manager. Clemence would undoubtedly have won many more caps if it wasn’t for Peter Shilton who […]

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On This Day – 14th November

England and Italy played out an ill-tempered match on this day back in 1934 that became known as‘The Battle of Highbury’ .There were seven Arsenal players in England’s starting eleven, a record number of players from one club. It seems apt that the match was played at Arsenal’s Highbury Stadium. Goalkeeper Frank Moss, defenders George […]

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Far Post Header ‘Hall of Fame’ No.20 – Bobby Charlton

Bobby Charlton had an illustrious career. He won 106 caps for England, lifted the World Cup in 1966 and was the country’s record goalscorer for 45 years.In the 17 years he spent at Manchester United, Charlton won the First Division Championship, FA Cup and European Cup and was part of a feared forward trio with […]

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On This Day – 12th November

England’s Michael Owen celebrates the winner On this day in 2005, Michael Owen scored two goals in the last few minutes to give England a 3-2 win over Argentina.The match between the two rivals was played in the neutral venue of the Stade de Geneve in Geneva, Switzerland. It provided England fans with a real […]

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On This Day – 10th November

It took an England player 31 years to score the first hat-trick at Wembley Stadium, with that particular honour going to Chelsea’s Roy Bentley. It was on this day back in 1954 scored his treble in a British Home Championship game against Wales. It was to be quite a season for the Chelsea captain as […]

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On This Day – 5th November

Emlyn ‘Crazy Horse’ Hughes won the first of his 62 caps for England on this day back in 1969 as England beat Holland 1-0 in a friendly in Amsterdam.Hughes played as a left back and Colin Bell scored the only goal of the game with five minutes of the game left to play. Holland’s left […]

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Nobby Stiles – An Obituary

“But I still see that tackle by Moore, and when Lineker scored, and Nobby dancing…” This line from ‘Three Lions (Football’s Coming Home)’ by Frank Skinner and David Baddiel gave me my first insight into who Nobby Stiles was. I knew his name and that he was in the 1966 World Cup winning side as […]

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Football’s Greatest Goals No.35

This goal from David Beckham had everything – it was scored from long distance, in the last minute of the match scored in the most dramatic of circumstances.Beckham also smashed the free kick in whilst playing for his national team at his club’s home ground to secure qualification for the World Cup. England were playing […]

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On This Day – 17th October

England famously drew 1-1 with Poland on this day in 1973, thereby missing out of qualifying for the 1974 World Cup in West Germany the following year. 100,000 fans packed into Wembley Stadium, fully expecting England to get the win and qualify at the expense of their visitors.Poland faced an onslaught from England throughout the […]

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